Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
26. Porn, I think, is anything someone doesn't like
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:34 PM
Jun 2012

Many people here, men and women, are threatened by sex. They still carry insanity from fundamentalist Christian, Jewish, Muslim or what not.

They hate sex because they secretly hate themselves.

They probably shudder at the thought of looking at their own genitalia.

Erotica is what I enjoy zappaman Jun 2012 #1
What I am hearing you say is, why would anyone possibly think porn is misogynistic or object to it? LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #2
Gads, even those descriptions, which I take to be somewhat sanitized hifiguy Jun 2012 #7
But can you understand how a woman might feel really threatened by LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #15
That is not normal obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #20
If a male of any age tries to force something on an unwilling hifiguy Jun 2012 #30
You would be amazed at how easy it is for a man to overwhelm a woman physically LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #32
I do not know of ANY man unreadierLizard Jun 2012 #43
Okay, regular porn doesn't bug me, sick fuck porn does bug me. The OP asked, so I told him LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #44
Kiddy porn, rape and snuff (murder) are all illegal ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #11
Two good points obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #21
I have read kiddy porn is the fastest growing segment of porn on the internet. LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #22
Having sex or taking sexually suggestive pictures.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #25
I agree with you. And what I have been trying to say here is that it is very upsetting for me LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #28
But you realize there is no "kiddie porn industry" right? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #31
Yes, I do realize that. It's not legal (yet) thank goodness. LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #34
It will never be legal. Hugabear Jun 2012 #36
Why would you think it would EVER be legal? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #39
I am certainly not saying this stuff is not out there hifiguy Jun 2012 #33
"snuff films" zappaman Jun 2012 #13
Except that Canada is searching for a murderer FSogol Jun 2012 #17
Well, there was the one cloudbase Jun 2012 #19
Lol! whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #29
Ive always wondered how porn is legal yet prostitution isn't... DLine Jun 2012 #3
Then there's food porn to consider. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #4
I find guitar porn has the greatest effect on me. hifiguy Jun 2012 #8
I've got my father's '74 Giannini craviola. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #40
"I don't know what it is, but I know it when I see it." - Justice Potter Stewart WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #5
Porn is in the eye of the beholder.. cynatnite Jun 2012 #6
I want to ban the swimsuit edition for sucking horribly TBMASE Jun 2012 #9
Okay, to start, this would be classified as soft porn snooper2 Jun 2012 #10
And here are some clips for some more hard core porn snooper2 Jun 2012 #12
Sock Puppet Porn HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #16
The court rulings are that it is whatever a community says it is obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #14
don't forget furry porn snooper2 Jun 2012 #18
Please don;t do this to me obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #23
If you're trying to be "funny," you failed. Archae Jun 2012 #24
the better youtube link doesn't allow embedding LOL snooper2 Jun 2012 #27
Furverts are a different subspecies. hifiguy Jun 2012 #35
In actuality, Doug Winger's stuff is mild in comparison, with the really screwy stuff nowadays. Archae Jun 2012 #41
In the immortal words of Jed Clampett, hifiguy Jun 2012 #42
Porn, I think, is anything someone doesn't like Taverner Jun 2012 #26
A lot of the hostility to sexuality in general comes from religion. hifiguy Jun 2012 #38
"Fundamentalist religion of any kind is the shortest path to involuntary mental illness." Taverner Jun 2012 #45
Porn is the pejoritive for erotica that some people find offensive. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #37
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Just an honest question h...»Reply #26